USCGC BISCAYNE BAY (WTGB 104) - St. Ignace, Michigan, U.S.A.       Call sign - NRUS     IMO number - Owner - United States Coast Guard Location - Secured alongside a dock in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, U.S.A.     Photograph Date - June 2001 Photographer - Jim Hoffman     Added to archive - 27 Apr 2003     Last updated - 27 Apr 2003

SHIP'S HISTORY   Ordered -   Keel laid - 29 August 1978   Launched -   Delivered - 8 December 1979   Newbuild cost -   (a) USCG Biscayne Bay - U.S.A.   As of April 2003 Biscayne Bay was still in service on the Great Lakes

PARTICULARS   Ship type - "Bay" class tug/tender   Displacement tonnage - 662 (full load)   L.O.A. - 42.70 meters (140'0")   L.B.P. -   Width overall - 11.40 meters (37'6")   Width moulded -   Draught - 3.80 meters (12'6")   Depth -   Bouy hanlding derrick - 1 (20 tonne)   Compliment - 17 (3 officers)

CONSTRUCTION   Yard name - Tacoma Boatbuilding   Country - Tacoma, Washington, US.A.   Hull number -   Engine builder -   Number of engines - 2   Engines - Fairbanks-Morse 38D8 10-cyl diesels   Horsepower - 2,500 bhp (1,870kW)   Speed - 14.7 knots   Bow thuster - 1 (variable pitch)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - This section is open for all viewers to contribute any information about this ship that is known such as former owners, managers, charterers, accidents, conversions, drydockings, cargoes, voyages, sightings or ports of call etc.. * Information sources - Janes Warships Additional information -

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